Tommy Glavine, a 1984 graduate of Billerica High School, was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame on Sunday.

"Once it got inside a week away, I got a little bit of that nervous anxiousness," Glavine said. "But once we got on the plane and got here, I settled down a little bit."

Glavine knows all about dealing with pressure.

His professional career included 305 victories over 22 seasons with the Braves and Mets, the fourth-best total among all lefthanded pitchers. Glavine won two National League Cy Young Awards, in 1991 and 1998, and posted at least 20 wins five times. Glavine was named to 10 all-star games, starting in 1991 and 1992, and led the Braves to five NL pennants. He was the Most Valuable Player of the World Series in 1995 after winning two games against Cleveland including a 1-0 win in Game 6 that saw Glavine allow just one hit in eight innings on the mound.

"He's one of the greatest pitchers of all time," said Bobby Cox, Atlanta's long-time manager who was also inducted into the Hall of Fame. "He was a tough competitor with great location and knowledge of how to get hitters out. He was sneaky-quick inside, he could lock you up inside with the best of them."

"He was very good, very consistent and very stubborn," said Greg Maddux, a long-time teammate of Glavine's and another fellow inductee on Sunday. "He wanted to win more than the other pitcher."

Glavine helped Atlanta win 14 straight division titles, helping a pitching staff that included Maddux and John Smoltz, another likely Hall of Famer.

Glavine and Maddux were the first members of the same rotation to be elected into the Hall of Fame at the same time since 1991.

Glavine received 91.9 percent of the vote to be elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Maddux and Frank Thomas were also selected in their first year of eligibility.

Maddux and Glavine are the 27th and 28th players to earn at least 90 percent of the vote.

Maddux admits, Glavine taught him a lot about competing.

"He taught me that you don't have to feel good to got out there and pitch and win," said Maddux. "I think everybody thinks you have to be 100 percent to go out there and compete. As long as you're out there with the ball in your hand, you have a chance to win the game."